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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸

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🏆Award-Winning K-5 Engineering & Design Teacher | STEM | Family Engagement | 📚 Author-Illustrator of nonfiction picture books: #MyNameIsAnAddress & #MamasPortraits 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Ekuwah

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello!👋🏾 This is my 24th year of teaching! I’m a former Literacy Specialist & instructional coach who is now an award-winning K-5 engineering specialist teacher & author. I was selected as the 23-24 National Life Group LifeChanger of the Year #LCOY grand prize winner!
#STEM #STEAM #EduSky

Meet Our 2023-24 Grand Prize Winner: Ekuwah Moses

YouTube video by National Life Group's LifeChanger of the Year

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · 3d

After a demo with a newsprint rocket, my 2nd–5th grade students designed and built two straw rockets each. They measured flight distance in square feet and compared their fin designs. A high-flying experience in data, design, and engineering. ♻️ 🚀

#STEM #STEAM #EduSky

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · 10d

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EduMatch @edumatch.bsky.social · 19d

My Name Is An Address by Ekuwah Mends Moses
Available here: bit.ly/MyNameIsAnAd...

#ChildrensBooks #MyNameIsAnAddress #SEL
#EduSky
#EduMatch

My Name Is An Address by Ekuwah Mends Moses

#EduMatch

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for tagging me!

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · 24d

After making a solar system-themed marble drop game with my students (using bottle caps, cardboard & pre-glued skewers), we reused the leftover skewers (cut to 3”) to build a solar system model showing planetary orbits & distances! 🌞🪐 #STEM #STEAM #EduSky

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 20

Absolutely—feel free to use the design challenge! That’s exactly why I share. My students created these using Makedo tools. Congrats on your purchase—you’re going to love using them!

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 20

How it started:
📝 “Next year I want to work on some space stuff.” – 2nd grader
🪐 “I want to build a solar system… it feels hard and fun!” – 3rd grader
(EOY Reflections)

How it went:
👇 Solar System Marble Drop Game
#STEM #StudentVoice #EduSky

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 14

600 students, 1200 skewers, and one mission: safety first! ⚠️ 🔥✂️🖐🏾

This weekend, I’m trimming sharp tips and pre-gluing beads to protect curious hands from pokes and hot glue burns. Let the next engineering challenge begin—safely! #STEM #EduSky

A basket full of BBQ skewers with a bead glued on the tip

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thank you!!

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 13

Build Your Own Bean Grab Game!

Our 2nd–5th grade engineers created their own version of Hungry Hungry Hippos—with perimeter walls, a soccer field layout, 20 beans, and one instant-win pom-pom!

Now they’re equipped to challenge their families to build, play, and talk!
#STEM #EduSky

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 12

I’m incredibly humbled and grateful @jaciemaslyk.bsky.social chose to include me as one of the featured educators in the 2nd edition of #STEAMMakers!

✅Pre-order it today!

#ThankfulThursday #STEM #EduSky

Dr. Jacie Maslyk @jaciemaslyk.bsky.social · Sep 11

I’m excited to share that the 2nd edition of #STEAMMakers is being released next month! 🎉🎉🎉

It highlights the work of some amazing #STEM educators, leaders, librarians, and organizations.

#STEMeducation #STEAMeducation #MakerEd #makerspaces #creativity #innovation #eSports #robotics

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 6

🛹 The Feel Good Skatepark and beyond!

Check out these epic fingerboard parks built by our 2nd–5th grade engineering pros! From kicker ramps to mini bowls, flat bars, spine ramps, and more — creativity and design skills are rolling full speed ahead!
#STEM #EduSky

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 4

From a kind colleague assisting with the book fair:

“Some kids were checking out this skateboarding book all because of your lesson.”

This was a meaningful reminder that when #STEM education is made accessible and engaging, it can ignite curiosity far beyond the lesson itself!

#EduSky

Photo of a book with a finger skateboard

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Sep 1

⬇️ Pass the Pom Pom! ➡️ ♻️

My students got creative with cardstock, bottle caps, and straws to engineer a super fun and challenging passing game! They overlapped two cardstock boxes where rotating straws (with bottle caps attached) guide a Pom Pom across or down the path.
#STEM #EduSky

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 30

“I created a skatepark today. It was hard to build the ramp because you had to tape it down & it took a while. Next time I would use more hot glue to make it more sturdy. Engineering is fun because I like building stuff.” - 4th grader (✏️written reflection & design plan) #STEM #EduSky

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 29

“I created a mini skate park. It was fun! It was challenging to do, but I did it in 25 minutes. I am proud of my work. Skate parks are fun to make and to play on. It helps me build my creativity up! I love this class!” - 5th grader (✏️ written reflection) #STEM #EduSky

Mini skateboard park built by a 5th grader

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 29

In our elementary engineering class, K–2 students used bottle caps to build numbers, traced them into circles, and created their own coloring pages. A fun blend of STEM, design thinking, and creativity—all from a simple recycled material! ♻️ 🖍️ ⭕️ #STEM

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 20

A colleague asked for some bottle caps a few days ago. Today, she surprised me with a LEGO flower bouquet in a vase made from those caps. Such a thoughtful gift—and a great conversation starter about ♻️ upcycling in my engineering classroom! 🌻 #STEM #EduSky

LEGO bouquet in a vase made from stacked red and green bottle caps

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 17

What would you build with bottle caps and jumbo craft sticks?

Here are just three creative takes: a cat, an apartment complex, and a school.
Now imagine the rest!

Simple materials. Endless possibilities. 💡 #STEM #EduSky

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 17

How it started: a chaotic pile of 6,000 straws

How it went: neatly color-sorted boxes 🎨

A “small” #STEM classroom management win—less time rummaging, more time creating, testing, improving, and sharing!

In a 50-min class, every minute counts!
#EduSky

6000 Color-sorted straws (before and after)

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 17

Math in a Stack: Counting with Bottle Caps! 🔢🟣

K–2 students started by stacking caps to represent numbers—then turned it into a self-selected exploration of balance and design! ⚖️💡

Early numeracy, engineering, fine motor skills, and creativity with bottle caps! ♻️ #STEM #EduSky

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 16

You’re welcome! I get it! Putting these highlight video together renew my zest for teaching.

Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you!

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 16

What an a-MAZ-ing start to the school year! ♻️🎉

Grades 3–5 designed and built their own maze or marble run using cardboard, bottle caps—and just 30 minutes on the clock! ⏱

Best part? Each student will take their work home to share with friends and family! #STEM #EduSky

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Ekuwah Mends Moses 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 @ekuwah.bsky.social · Aug 16

Early Literacy + #STEM = 💡♻️

📕 To kick off the year, I introduced myself as the author & illustrator of a nonfiction book about my name: #MyNameIsAnAddress.

🔵 Then K–2 students took on a creative design challenge—building letters & their names with bottle caps!

#EduSky